5 Smelliest Holiday Destinations

According to a recent survey, the 'world's most foul smelling holiday spots are coincidentally and for obvious reasons also in one of the most visited nations in the world. Here is a list of the smelliest of the lot...

1. Cancun, Mexico

According to a recent survey, the ‘world’s most foul smelling’ holiday spots are coincidentally and for obvious reasons also in one of the most visited nations in the world. Namely France, Mexico, New Zealand, Italy and Country Durham. The first in the list is Cancun, which lies in Mexico. It’s a well known spot for its jubilant and ecstatic party atmosphere which brings in different people from all over the world. It has one of the best beaches in terms of fun and frolic and hence a problem of dumping waste. Known for having an unpleasant odor in the air all year round because of all the booming hotel business which dump their waste in the adjacent sewers.

The survey was conducted by a travel website called Skyscanner. After research and peoples vote in came up with this list. Venice, which is also well known for its history, culture and its cuisine, is also notorious for being stinky, especially during the summers when the sewage is directly dumped into the nearby canals. It also sees a large number of tourists every year.

The geothermal hot springs in New Zealand are famous for their sights and sauna. But Rotorua is certainly not known for a pleasant escape from daily routine as the sight is branded as one of the most ghastly smelling places in the world. The whole stretch has a putrid smell like rotten eggs, which makes it very difficult to breather there. This smell is basically hydrogen sulphide, which ooze out of the springs. Hence Rotorua is alsso known by its nickname; ‘The Sulphur City’.

This place has a very interesting story as it involves just one farm that has brought it under the foulest smelling places in the world! The farmer in question, apparently fed loads of ‘onions’ to his cattle and thus caused all the problems with the sour smell which engulfed the atmosphere in the area. The neighbors as well as distant inhabitants find it difficult to even breathe and have to keep the doors and windows locked sometimes as it is a very strong stench.

France is the most visited place in the world because of its history, art forms, people, culture , cuisines and yes , cheese. It is also one of the largest cheese producing nations of the world and has the most variety of cheese produced. Hence, it is no surprise that Last, Cote-D'or in France stinks because of the cheese it produces. They produce a cheese called ‘The Epoisses de Bourgogne ‘, which is the world’s worst smelling cheese. It was hence banned from being transported publically.